Play from birth to twelve and beyond
Subtitle: contexts, perspectives, and meanings
By: editors, Doris Pronin Fromberg, Doris Bergen.
Contributors: Fromberg, Doris Pronin, 1937-; Bergen, Doris.
Series: Garland reference library of social science ;; v. 970
Publisher: Garland Pub.
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 578
Subjects: Play.; Child development.; Play -- Social aspects.
Other titles: Play from birth to 12 and beyond
Description: This Encyclopedia presents 62 essays by 78 distinguished experts who draw on their expertise in pedagogy, anthropology, ethology, history, philosophy, and psychology to examine play and its variety, complexity, and usefulness. Here you'll find out why play is vital in developing mathematical thinking and promoting social skills, how properly constructed play enhances classroom instruction, which games foster which skills, how playing stimulates creativity, and much more.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.